Subroutine /helper function error

I'm using a subroutine/helper function display an image (the image
would be displayed inside a datalist control's <itemtemplate> )
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Public Sub checkforimg(ByVal Imagesubprod1 As String)
If Imagesubprod1 <> "" then
response.write(Imagesubprod1)
Else
response.write("nbsp;")
End If
End Sub
</script>
... but I get an "Overload resolution failed because no accessible
'ToString' can be called with these arguments:" error when it comes
time to check for the image as follows.
<%# checkforimg(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"Imagesubprod1"))%>
When I form the header for the sub as follows:
Public Sub checkforimg(ByVal Imagesubprod1 As String) As string
..i get an "Expected end of statement " error on this lineOn 10 Jun 2004 11:55:42 -0700, Chumley the Walrus <springb2k@.yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I'm using a subroutine/helper function display an image (the image
> would be displayed inside a datalist control's <itemtemplate> )
> <script language="VB" runat="server">
> Public Sub checkforimg(ByVal Imagesubprod1 As String)
> If Imagesubprod1 <> "" then
> response.write(Imagesubprod1)
> Else
> response.write("nbsp;")
> End If
> End Sub
> </script>
> ... but I get an "Overload resolution failed because no accessible
> 'ToString' can be called with these arguments:" error when it comes
> time to check for the image as follows.
> <%# checkforimg(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
> "Imagesubprod1"))%>
looks like it's having trouble converting the value you're passing in thru
databinding to a String. If you have Option Strict on, you might try
either casting the value in the databinding statement to a string before
passing it in, or change the parameter in your method above to an Object
and then cast it inside the function itself.
Otherwise verify the value in your datasource is truly capable of being a
string.
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
IE does not support inline images, so you code should be writing something
like: <img src=url> not the binary image.
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Chumley the Walrus" <springb2k@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm using a subroutine/helper function display an image (the image
> would be displayed inside a datalist control's <itemtemplate> )
> <script language="VB" runat="server">
> Public Sub checkforimg(ByVal Imagesubprod1 As String)
> If Imagesubprod1 <> "" then
> response.write(Imagesubprod1)
> Else
> response.write("nbsp;")
> End If
> End Sub
> </script>
> ... but I get an "Overload resolution failed because no accessible
> 'ToString' can be called with these arguments:" error when it comes
> time to check for the image as follows.
> <%# checkforimg(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
> "Imagesubprod1"))%>
> When I form the header for the sub as follows:
> Public Sub checkforimg(ByVal Imagesubprod1 As String) As string
> ..i get an "Expected end of statement " error on this line